A Predictive Model of User Equipage Costs for Future Air ... - Mitre

the users would respond to the specific FAA actions. Each response defines a set of aircraft
equipage forecasts which can then be priced by considering the number of aircraft that transition
into each equipage configuration.
Cost computations for a selected period are made up of a quantity of aircraft multiplied by the
cost
to make the expected equipage transition. The result is the total cost to transition these aircraft for
the period in question. This technique
can be applied for any of the responses defined and for any
defined period. The transition costs were discussed in section 6. Specifics for air transport,
Regionals and GA will be discussed below.
As identified earlier there are four specific user responses that were defined. These responses
result in an ADS-B equipage forecast which can be applied against the transition costs identified
in Section 6. There is no forced equipage identified
in any of these responses. The users are
considered to respond to FAA actions to provide the necessary infrastructure to support the use
of
ADS-B. These four responses include an assumed baseline response, up to a high expectation of
equipage by the users.
The following charts identify the summary of the costs that result from applying the aircraft
forecast against the specific aircraft classification transition costs. The chart identifies the costs
grouped by BCST and CDTI capabilities.
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